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barilleon.com
People who cry crocodile tears get marginalized people (POC especially) killed, fired, unjustly charged, and shut out of communities. They weaponize goodwill. And once the truth comes out, they make it harder for the rest of us to tell our stories and be believed.
July 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social
In honor of Joann's closing, The Stitcher: an Otherworldy Patron is half off for the week. @ragekagegames.com, @writejess.bsky.social, and me encourage you to stitch one out at the D&D table with this fiber-arts based warlock patron, from @drivethrurpg.com

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
image of Joann's with a going out of business sign, colors of photo have been photoshpped to be eerie teal and criminal crimson, from Getty images Image of the cover of The Stitcher: An Otherworldly Patron by Kari Jo “Kage” Freudigmann, jess ross, and Jen Vaughn. The illustration is of a Black femme-presenting person with teal suspenders, a purple neck tattoo in the shape of a wing, holding their finger up with a look of shock. Their finger is bleeding. Floating down from the top of the page is a glowing green ghost hand holding a needle - which presumedly pierce the person’s bleeding finger.
June 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
writejess.bsky.social
No stream today, but if you want to see what @thejenya.bsky.social and I have been up to, you can check out our PocketQuest adventure, A Familiar Dream!
bit.ly/TTRPGdream
#PocketQuest2025
A Familiar Dream - Haunted Vault Studios | DriveThruRPG
Time to wake up and smell the cauldron! A Familiar Dream is a GM-less RPG, so you can play it solo, co-op or with a GM. It’s a narrative-first game of fantasy with some horror elements, using a d6 and...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social
One of my favorite parts of PocketQuest is seeing the little badge boards like for finishing, making your own art, 1st sale, and so forth!

@writejess.bsky.social and I have received 7/12! It's up to YOU to help us get others 💙 Also, print version come soon!
bit.ly/TTRPGdream #PocketQuest2025
A cute badge board for pocket quest where Jen and jess have received sevn outta the possible twelve badges: Finished pocket quest, collaborated, made their own art, made the first sale, someone shared my book online, i shared someone else's title online, and earned six badges. They are sleep themeed. Now to sell 10 copies, get a review, earn a best seller medal, and stream and have someone stream our title
May 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social
Thank to @drivethrurpg.com for showcasing the cover for A Familiar Dream by me + @writejess.bsky.social!

Time to try and get all 80 new games, then stuff them in said pockets 👖 😏 #PocketQuest2025
drivethrurpg.com DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · May 5
More than 80 indie RPGs just launched as part of our PocketQuest 2025 Game Jam!

Get 'em here: tinyurl.com/5nxwsj2t

This year's theme was "Dreams & Nightmares" and designers came up with so many great games! Which are your favorites? Let us know in the comments!

#ttrpgs #PocketQuest2025
PocketQuest 2025 at DriveThruRPG.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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blackcatsgaming.bsky.social
When a mysterious opportunity appears, who will answer the whispered call?

Delve into a mysterious eldritch temple, make friends or enemies of other pirate crews, and become entangled in dark schemes...

Race to Temple Deep, a starting voyage booklet for low level pirates, available now!
#ttrpg
Cursed Captains of Cthulhu: Voyage Booklet 1 - Race to Temple Deep - Black Cats Gaming | DriveThruRPG
When a mysterious opportunity appears, who will answer the whispered call? Race to Temple Deep is a pirate voyage for Cursed Captains of Cthulhu, where the player characters delve into the dangers of ...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social Jen Vaughn 🔜 Thought Bubble RSH C3 @thejenya.bsky.social · May 5
☁️In "A Familiar Dream", you are a Familiar. Your Mage is stuck dreaming and only you (and possibly other Familiars) can save the day!

@writejess.bsky.social and I made a new #PocketQuest2025 game on @drivethrurpg.com!

Time to wake up and smell the cauldron! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Image of the cover from A Familiar Dream. Above that title says a TTRPG by jess ross and Jen Vaughn. The picture is a lavendar wall of magic items with some shelves being windows animal familiars are sticking their heads through (a badger, a horse head, a dragon tail). Other items include books, a cat, a skull, a bat, a rose, a a crystal, a besom and of course, the little sign that says Pocket Quest 2025
May 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social
If there is AI art on the cover, we cannot assume your ethics are pristine in regards to the work behind the cover. It’s that simple.
April 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
writejess.bsky.social
We have to cancel Game Time tomorrow, but we should be back next week!
writejess.bsky.social write jess @writejess.bsky.social · Apr 28
We're back this week playing The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood! Join me and @thejenya.bsky.social this Wednesday for Game Time!
A square image with text at the top and bottom, and a neon game controller in the center. The background features waves of purple, orange, and yellow. The text above the controller reads "Game Time with Jen & jess" and the text below the controller reads "Join jess and Jen for games every Wednesday on Twitch! 11am Pacific/20h CET" Below that is the Twitch logo and username @writejess
April 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
writejess.bsky.social
We're back this week playing The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood! Join me and @thejenya.bsky.social this Wednesday for Game Time!
A square image with text at the top and bottom, and a neon game controller in the center. The background features waves of purple, orange, and yellow. The text above the controller reads "Game Time with Jen & jess" and the text below the controller reads "Join jess and Jen for games every Wednesday on Twitch! 11am Pacific/20h CET" Below that is the Twitch logo and username @writejess
April 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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ruthannereid.bsky.social
This is everything to me
A screenshot from Tumblr user omnybus, saying, I think what I love most about mythology is that the "Trickster God/Spirit" is an archetypical character found in almost every body of folklore. It's like "Oh, here's our God of the Sun, our God of the Sea, our God of Fertility, and our God of Being A Wretched Little Gremlin Who Causes Problems On Purpose".
April 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social
Grab a copy of Helm Greycastle today: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
Helm Greycastle Book 1 - Top Cow | DriveThruRPG
New Latinx fantasy by HENRY BARAJAS, author of the critically acclaimed (LA VOZ DE M.A.Y.O.: TATA RAMBO). The last dragon prince has been abducted—kept prisoner by an unknown threat: AZTEC MEXICA! H...
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April 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social
Big thanks to @drivethrurpg.com for featuring Helm Greycastle as a Featured Title today! I loved working with TTRPG parts of the book with @backthatelfup.bsky.social, @geoffreygolden.bsky.social, @henrybarajas.bsky.social! Here's one of my little maps.
Image of a water dragon with a small dungeon map inside it's belly. Carved into its snoot and dripping from the saliva of its tongue is the title "Belly of the Beast" Cover for Helm Grey Castle Book One, with adventurers on the cover. With the names Barajas, Valenza, Handoko, Downie, Napier on the cover. Screenshot from DriveThruRPG of Helm Graycastle Book 1 from Top Cow. Description says "the last dragon prince has been abducted-kept prisoner by an unknown threat. Includes TTRPG role-playing games written by Tristan J. Tarwater, Geoffrey Golden, Matt Hawkins, and art by Jen Vaughn!
April 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
writejess.bsky.social
No stream this week! @thejenya.bsky.social and I are working on #PocketQuest2025 and since it's the last week, we want to use our regular stream time on Wednesday for coworking to get things finished up. We'll be back next week to play The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood!
A blue starry sky background with a logo on the left and text on the right. the logo is a crescent moon slightly behind a cloud and says "Pocket Quest Dreams & Nightmares" under the cloud. The text on the right says "It feels like a dream! I am participating in PocketQuest 2025!" and is followed by logos for DruveThruRPG and Storytelling Collective.
April 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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jesthehuman.itch.io
Trans rights are human rights.
April 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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gdocexpo.com
We can't wait for #GDoCExpo 2025 this September 16-19, so we wanted to give you a little something for your devices to celebrate our 10th expo! 🎉

The digital wallpaper options include:
(2) Desktop wallpapers
(2) Mobile phone wallpapers

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GDoCExpo 2025 Digital Wallpaper Download
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April 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
writejess.bsky.social
We're live! Join us to find out whodunit!
thejenya.bsky.social Jen Vaughn 🔜 Thought Bubble RSH C3 @thejenya.bsky.social · Apr 16
Going live with Clue and the vampire mansion board in 15 minutes! www.twitch.tv/writejess
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Going live with Clue and the vampire mansion board in 15 minutes! www.twitch.tv/writejess
an candlelit manshion with several ghouls, ghosts and other on the stairs. It is nighttime and there are several creepy marble statues.
April 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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wildhuntbooks.bsky.social
Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮

So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
April 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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latiajacquise.com
-rings a GIGANTIC bell-

I can only imagine how many folks have been waiting for this. #WOTCstaff
dndbeyond.com Dungeons & Dragons @dndbeyond.com · Apr 16
Calling all creators!

A clear path to publish your TRPG materials with the new ruleset is coming April 22 under a Creative Commons license.

Learn more: dndbeyond.link/DnD-SRD-5poi...
A mage toils over a magic tome in a library, wisps of light surround him. Text on image: Calling all creators Publish your own TRPG materials with the new core rules! Dungeons & Dragons
April 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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hedgewizardly.bsky.social
JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
jessothomson.co.uk Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Apr 16
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Always and forever...
Patch in the shape of a pokemon card with a trans Pikachu holding the trans flag, text reads: trans Pikachu, bite terf
April 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
writejess.bsky.social
Today @thejenya.bsky.social and I are playing Clue! Join us for Game Time in a few hours!
A square image with text at the top and bottom, and a neon game controller in the center. The background features waves of purple, orange, and yellow. The text above the controller reads "Game Time with Jen & jess" and the text below the controller reads "Join jess and Jen for games every Wednesday on Twitch! 11am Pacific/20h CET" Below that is the Twitch logo and username @writejess
April 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
writejess.bsky.social
There were so many things I recognized from the trailer that got me deep in my feelings to see those parts of my childhood and the stories my family used to tell in a game. Can't wait to play it!
ohmymithrandir.bsky.social Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · Apr 12
As you dive into @compulsiongames.bsky.social's South of Midnight today, almost everything you engage with is tied to Southern folklore and culture. Creole, Cajun, Appalachian, and more. If you want to learn more about the real stories that inspire it - or even the blue paint, check out my piece <3
The Real Southern Folklore Behind South of Midnight's World
South of Midnight is a love letter to the American South and in that we can find the real Southern folklore that inspires the game.
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April 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM